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St. Thomas Invitational

Sponsored by Swimming and Diving (men)

Repeats: Every day from December 7, 2012 to December 8, 2012.

Date: Saturday, December 8, 2012

Time: All day

Location: St. Paul, Minn.

Luther placed third at the two-day University of St. Thomas Invitational. The Norse posted a point total of 390, finishing behind St. Thomas with 1210.5 and UW-Eau Claire that was second with 893 points.

Tim Cutler and Zack Kuntz posted the highest individual finishes for the Norse. Cutler placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.69), while Kuntz placed second in the 50 freestyle (22.17). Cutler went on to post a top-five finish with a fifth place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.68).

David Carius tallied three top-five finishes. Carius placed fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:50.55) and was fifth in both the 500 freestyle (5:03.23) and the 200 IM (2:08.12).

Jason Orvis placed fourth in the 200 backstroke (2:03.71) and fifth in the 100 backstroke (55.81).

Orvis also swam the first leg of the 400 medley relay that placed fourth (3:41.61). Cutler swam the second leg, followed by Eric Hild and Kuntz.